Grew up in the mississippi delta   In a shotgun shack   Washboard for my pillow   'til the tax man took that back   Moved out on my own   I was just eight years old ... top that      You think you got the blues   Look at my life   I've got the blues more than you do ... blues      When I was an itty-bitty baby   I was my mama's only surviving son   She used my head as a washrag   I thought it was fun   Walked to school upway both ways   With no legs ... top that      You think you got the blues   Look at my life   I've got the blues more than you do ... blues            Got so drunk the other night I couldn't find my way home   Had to have a blind man show me   When I finally did get there,   My own dog had disowned me   A womam in a bar just looks at me and coughed and said   "i don't even know you, but I wish you'd die off" ... top that      You think you got the blues   Look at my life   I've got the blues more than you do ... blues